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Utah Supreme Court lowers $145 Million in Punitive Damages to $9 Million in State Farm Lawsuit

Apr 26 2004 // The Utah Supreme Court on Friday lowered by $136 million the amount of punitive damages State Farm Insurance should pay in a decades-old lawsuit alleging it underpaid insurance claims, cheated customers and destroyed...

Best Affirms Ratings of State Farm Group

Apr 22 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength ratings of the property/casualty and life affiliates of the State Farm Group, and has revised the negative rating outlooks assigned to certain...

State Farm Condo Insurance Rates to Increase in Nev.

Apr 13 2004 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice A. Molasky-Arman has approved the request of State Farm Fire and Casualty Company for an overall statewide average increase of 28.8 percent for rental condominium unitowners insurance,...

Best Affirms Top Layer Re ‘A+’ Rating

Apr 5 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A+” (Superior) of Top Layer Reinsurance Ltd. (Bermuda) with a stable outlook.“The rating reflects the substantial amount of...

S&P Reports Top Layer Reinsurance Ltd. ‘AA’ Ratings Affirmed; Outlook Stable

Mar 17 2004 // Standard & Poor’s has affirmed its ‘AA’ counterparty and financial strength ratings on Top Layer Reinsurance Ltd. The outlook is stable.Top Layer Re is a 50%/50% joint venture between State Farm...

N.J. Auto Reforms Continue Drive Forward

Mar 3 2004 // New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly Bakke announced this week that the competitive auto insurance marketplace that is emerging in New Jersey reportedly as a result of Governor McGreevey’s reforms is...

State Farm’s Monroe Center to Close After All

Feb 5 2004 // Despite the new governor’s efforts, State Farm Insurance will apparently go ahead with plans to close its operations center in Monroe, La. According to Associated Press reports, the company will close the facility by...

NYSID Publishes Annual Ranking of Automobile Insurance Complaints

Dec 31 2003 // The New York State Insurance Department has published its annual compilation of the state’s 50 largest automobile insurance companies or groups of companies based on the record of complaints in 2002The NYSID...

N.Y. Department Notes 5% Overall Auto Rate Reduction by State Farm Mutual

Nov 13 2003 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced that the Insurance Department has approved a State Farm Mutual Insurance Company overall rate reduction of 5% on their private passenger automobile rates which...

STATE FARM AGREES TO SETTLEMENT OF $250,000 FOR ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:

Oct 20 2003 // The California Depart-ment of Insurance (CDI) reached a settlement agreement requiring State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) to pay $250,000 for reportedly selling long-term care (LTC) insurance...

New CPCUs Welcomed by Central Texas CPCU Society

Sep 26 2003 // The Central Texas Chapter of the CPCU Society (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters) congratulates the following property and casualty insurance professionals on obtaining the CPCU designation: James Beene, Texas...

State Farm Agrees to Settlement of $250,000 for Alleged Violations of I.C.

Sep 22 2003 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) reached a settlement agreement requiring State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) to pay $250,000 for selling long-term care (LTC) insurance policies that...

TDI Stands by Rate Cuts for State Farm, Farmers

Sep 16 2003 // Ruling on appeals filed by State Farm Lloyds Insurance and Farmers Insurance Companies regarding ordered homeowners rate reductions, Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor upheld the rate cuts ordered by the Texas...

Florida OIR Releases Final Order on State Farm Mold Filing

Sep 8 2003 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) issued its final order regarding three homeowner policy endorsements that sought to exclude mold damage resulting from a covered peril. State Farm Florida Insurance Company...

N.J. Auto Reforms May Signal Regulatory Climate Change Nationwide

Jul 7 2003 // When Governor James E. McGreevey signed The New Jersey Automobile Insurance Competition and Choice Act (S-63/A-2625), he launched another effort aimed at solving the state’s automobile insurance crisis. This time,...

STATE FARM HOMEOWNER RATES INCREASE IN NEV:

Jun 23 2003 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice Molasky-Arman has approved State Farm Fire and Casualty Company’s request for an overall statewide average increase of 5.2 percent, or $2.5 million. This is part of a total...

S&P Affirms State Farm Group Members Rtgs; Outlook Stable

Jun 19 2003 // Standard & Poor’s has affirmed its ‘AA’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (SFMA) and five other interactively rated members of the State...

State Farm Resumes Writing New Policies in Ark.

Jun 17 2003 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced that State Farm Fire and Casualty Insurance Company would immediately resume writing new homeowner’s policies in the State of Arkansas.The company returns to the...

State Farm Homeowner Rates Increase in Nev.

Jun 2 2003 // State Insurance Commissioner Alice A. Molasky-Arman has approved State Farm Fire and Casualty Company’s request for an overall statewide average increase of 5.2 percent, or $2.5 million. This is part of a total...

STATE FARM RATE INCREASES IN LA.

May 5 2003 // State Farm recently won a 12.2 percent average rate increase for homeowners policies in Louisiana that goes into effect June 15. At that time around 263,000 Louisiana homeowners will face an average increase of $100....